The Police say they are investigating the murder of Desmond Seeodat, 29, a labourer of Auchlyne Village, Corentyne, Berbice which occurred at about 4 pm yesterday in the said village, allegedly by a fourteen-year-old who has been detained.
Lusignan Prison escapee Sudesh Dyal was recaptured this morning at Tuschen Squatting Area, EBE, the police said today.
PORT MORESBY, (Reuters) – Tonga has signed up to China’s Belt and Road initiative and has received a reprieve from Beijing on the timing of debt payments shortly before an onerous schedule to repay loans was due to start.
(Trinidad Guardian) A senior policeman who was on supension was fatally shot at his business place at Waterloo Road, Carapichaima, yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Students at 18 educational institutions will have to pay more for meals tomorrow as the concessionaire for their canteens, Tastee Limited, introduces higher prices.
(Trinidad Newsday) Thirteen people including officials at the Ministry of Social Development will appear in court tomorrow after they were charged by the Fraud Squad for offences relating to the distribution of grants to flood victims.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of Cocoa Walk, south Manchester, are up in arms over the shooting of a man in the community yesterday by a member of a police team.
(Trinidad Guardian) Residents affected by the devastating floods a month ago are struggling to rebuild their lives and mental health experts are appealing to the authorities to ensure there are mechanisms to provide emotional and psychological support.
On the heels of an announcement by Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GGI) that it has started underground work at its Aurora gold mine in Region Seven, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued cease orders to the company as the necessary permit has not yet been granted.
The PPP/C now controls more Local Authority Areas and it picked up over twice the number of PR seats as its main competitor APNU.
A 22-member Public Accountability and Oversight Committee has been proposed to ensure the transparent spending of the funds.
A Chinese brand of mosquito coil has been officially banned for possessing cancer causing compounds.
Outgoing United States (US) Ambassador Perry Holloway was on Friday credited with being instrumental in helping to solidify Washington’s support for the acceptance of the 1899 arbitral award that settled the border between Guyana and Venezuela.
A United States-based Guyanese family, which had just returned to the country for a vacation, was robbed of millions worth of jewellry and gadgets during a stop at a restaurant in Alberttown, Georgetown on Thursday.
The Cancer Institute of Guyana has treated several patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and according to its Medi-cal Director and Consultant Onco-logist, Dr Sayan Chakraborty many of the patients are still alive.
When the great grandfather of iconic businessman Yesu Persaud, CCH, took the decision to escape poverty in Uttar Pradesh, India and come to British Guiana as an indentured labourer, he was placed on the Diamond Sugar Estate.
No Minister in the present government has been granted a licence to process, sell or export gold, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has declared.
The Ministry of Communities should not be blamed for low voter turnout at this year’s local government elections, Social Protection Minister Amna Ally said on Friday, while also noting that the failure by the former government to hold the polls for over two decades denied citizens knowledge of their rights and responsibilities in local governance.
After only receiving a total of 31 votes in her constituency in the Whim/Bloomfield local authority area, Alliance For Change (AFC) candidate Mavis Nagamootoo has said she believes that some of her supporters were intimidated by persons from other political parties.
A family is pleading for justice for a Moruca, North West District man, who was savagely beaten by a career criminal early last month, resulting in him having to undergo facial reconstructive surgeries.
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